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" I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway. "

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" I don't enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don't enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt. "

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" I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia. "

" In the music business, we all do different things, but we sit there and admire other people who can write a song differently or sing differently. It's not so competitive. "

" I think when I was younger, I wanted to be a star, until I became a star, and then it's a lot of work. It's work to be a star. I don't enjoy the stardom part. I only enjoy the creative process. "

" What does it mean when people applaud? Should I give 'em money? Say thank you? Lift my dress? The lack of applause - that I can respond to. "

" Doubt can motivate you, so don't be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out. "

" If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday. "

" To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good. "

" I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat. "

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" I can take any truth; just don't lie to me. "

" I don't care what you say about me. Just be sure to spell my name wrong. "

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" I just don't want to be hampered by my own limitations. "

" When I sing, people shut up. "

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" I think of myself as a girl from Brooklyn. "

" I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy, and driven. "

" I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good. "

" Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice. "

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" I love road trips! My husband and I love that. We bought a truck with a bench seat so we could put the dog in the middle. "

" What is exciting is not for one person to be stronger than the other... but for two people to have met their match and yet they are equally as stubborn, as obstinate, as passionate, as crazy as the other. "

" I knew that with a mouth like mine, I just hadda be a star or something. "

" I guess if you have an original take on life, or something about you is original, you don't have to study people who came before you. You don't have to mimic anybody. You just have a gut feeling inside, an instinct that tells you what's right for you, and you can't do it in any other way. "

" How I wish we lived in a time when laws were not necessary to safeguard us from discrimination. "

" You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it. "

" I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air. "